Nuthatch

A tit-sized bird, about 13cm long with a short tail, a large head and a woodpecker-like bill. Nuthatches are grey above, with a black eye stripe, white cheeks and throat and rusty buff belly. Nuthatches climb up and down tree trunks, feeding on insects and nuts and seeds.

They start breeding in April and can produce two clutches of up to 13 eggs at a time!!

How to identify: Unmistakeable

Where: England, Wales and southern Scotland.

Natural Superpowers

Predator: 30

Agility: 70

Rarity: 40

Cute factor: 60

Traveller: 30

Fantastic fact: Nuthatches are the only British bird that can climb head first down tree trunks, holding on with their strong feet.